MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1007 65 24.3 21.6 85 2.7 22.3 186 7 296.8 299.8 295.3 344.0 16.32 1 1000 125 23.5 21.3 88 2.2 22.0 189 9 296.7 299.6 295.1 343.4 16.17 2 950 575 24.2 18.7 71 5.5 20.4 204 25 301.8 304.4 295.4 344.4 14.45 3 900 1047 21.5 16.8 75 4.7 18.2 222 20 303.6 306.1 295.2 343.6 13.48 4 850 1540 17.2 14.9 86 2.3 15.7 231 19 304.2 306.6 294.8 341.8 12.64 5 800 2056 14.4 8.2 66 6.2 10.6 212 15 306.5 308.1 292.4 332.5 8.57 6 750 2598 10.9 5.8 71 5.1 7.9 209 17 308.4 309.8 292.2 332.0 7.73 7 700 3170 8.0 1.3 63 6.7 4.3 205 21 311.3 312.4 291.7 330.0 6.01 8 650 3778 4.3 0.1 74 4.3 2.1 209 20 313.9 315.0 292.4 332.5 5.92 9 600 4427 1.6 -3.4 69 5.1 -0.9 228 21 318.0 319.0 292.8 333.9 4.95 10 550 5124 -1.6 -6.0 72 4.4 -3.8 234 23 322.1 323.0 293.5 336.7 4.43 11 500 5877 -5.9 -14.0 53 8.0 -9.1 232 29 325.8 326.3 293.0 334.6 2.60 12 450 6694 -11.5 -19.5 52 7.9 -14.2 230 29 328.7 329.1 293.1 335.1 1.82 13 400 7586 -17.2 -33.1 24 15.9 -20.5 220 31 332.6 332.7 293.0 334.8 0.59 14 350 8574 -22.8 -51.4 6 28.5 -26.1 228 34 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.4 0.10 15 300 9685 -31.5 -49.7 15 18.3 -33.1 230 31 341.0 341.1 294.7 341.6 0.14 16 250 10950 -41.2 -53.9 24 12.8 -41.9 234 27 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.3 0.10 17 200 12420 -54.1 -58.0 62 3.9 -54.2 247 24 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.08 18 150 14219 -66.2 -75.1 28 8.9 -66.2 251 30 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16640 -70.6 -84.6 11 14.1 -70.6 256 20 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.08 m Freezing level: 575.04 mb = 4774.94 m = 15665.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.36 mb = 4221.99 m = 13851.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.01 % Est. max temperature: 31.59 C = 88.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.58 mb = 405.09 m = 1329.00 ft T: 23.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 14.35 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.46 mb = 1525.38 m = 5004.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.65 C = 88.97 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: 0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.19 C Cross Totals Index: 20.85 C K Index: 31.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 257.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.48 mb = 1071.47 m = 3515.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.48 mb = 2349.83 m = 7709.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 342.48 mb = 8730.72 m = 28643.75 ft B at Equ Level: 256.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.48 mb = 12993.65 m = 42629.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.6 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 249.6 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.1 neg: -11.2 tot: 76.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 30.18 Bulk Shear: 8.52 m/s